David Lynch - Rabbits
posted September 16, 2016 #
By pure happenstance, I found myself watching David Lynch documentaries on YouTube late into the night this week. If you haven't seen this Jonathan Ross piece, For One Week Only, find some time soon to indulge. It's such a great bit of history on Lynch and his earlier body of work.
Part of this immersion led me to Rabbits, a 42 minute film that Lynch refers to a sitcom. Portions of it show up during Inland Empire but as a standalone piece it's brutally weird to watch. It's insanely slow, it's stilted, it's awkward and not a lot happens.. but when something does happen, it's hard to look away.
While I have a hard time recommending watching it, I do think it's as wonderful as it is weird. Watching the early Lynch documentary is a nice reminder that he's a weirdo but a charming one; which adds a nice bit of levity to strange undertakings like this one.
Part of this immersion led me to Rabbits, a 42 minute film that Lynch refers to a sitcom. Portions of it show up during Inland Empire but as a standalone piece it's brutally weird to watch. It's insanely slow, it's stilted, it's awkward and not a lot happens.. but when something does happen, it's hard to look away.
While I have a hard time recommending watching it, I do think it's as wonderful as it is weird. Watching the early Lynch documentary is a nice reminder that he's a weirdo but a charming one; which adds a nice bit of levity to strange undertakings like this one.